Lu Zifeng asked the remaining guards to tie up the men in black first, and then he used his mental power to look around. He happened to see Situ Yi and his men coming. It seemed that there were quite a lot of people, probably several hundred people, so he said to one of the guards.
"Go down the mountain. The eldest son of Prince Jing's mansion is here with his men. Go and meet them."
When the guard heard Lu Zifeng say this, he bowed and said yes and left. He was actually very confused about how the prince knew that the eldest son of Prince Jing's Mansion had brought people here, but he didn't dare to ask too much.
Less than half an hour after the guard left, he came back with Situ Yi and others. After Situ Yi came, he first greeted the two old men, and then walked to Lu Zifeng.
"You're really awesome! I heard from the guard that you knocked those people unconscious with just a few stones. Amazing!"
As he said this, he raised his thumb and gave a thumbs up, and Lu Zifeng smiled.
"What did you say to the Emperor?"
Situ Yi curled his lips. "What else can I say? Tell the truth. I said you've arrived, so the Emperor's uncle sent me with the troops. He also ordered the old man to return to the capital, saying that it's no longer safe to live here. Since someone wants to kill the old Duke, they will definitely fight to the death."
Lu Zifeng also knew the emperor's concerns, and he had no objection to letting the old duke return to the capital. As long as he didn't cause trouble after returning, anything would be fine.
The Yulin soldiers brought by Situ Yi tied up all the men in black, removed their arms, woke them up, and then drove them down the mountain.
It was already noon when they reached the foot of the mountain. Lu Zifeng was so hungry that he jumped on his horse and asked the guards to bring the carriage. He then escorted the two old men back to the capital.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion in the capital. The two brothers Lu Minghan and Lu Mingyuan, who had been notified that the two old men were coming back, were standing at the gate.
Seeing the carriage stopped, the two brothers hurried forward to help the two old people get off the carriage. Lu Lanqing looked at the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion and felt emotional: He always thought that he would probably grow old in that farm in this life, but he didn't expect that he would come back one day.
"Father, Fourth Uncle, let's go in!"
Lu Minghan's voice startled Lu Lanqing, who was lost in thought, "Well, go in!"
Lu Mingyuan also helped Lu Lancheng walk inside.
At the second gate, Cui, Tan Yunniang and her younger sister Lu Zixuan welcomed the two old people back.
After some greetings, everyone sat down in the hall again. Lu Lanqing picked up the teacup and took a sip before putting it down.
"We still don't know who did this. Even if the killers are caught, it will be difficult to find out. I will live in the mansion from now on. There is a yard in the backyard. I remember it is quite large, and there are not many houses. I will live there. I plan to plant more vegetables there. Fourth brother, don't go back to the mansion. Just live here and we will continue to grow vegetables."
Lu Lanqing's words surprised everyone. They really didn't expect him to say such a thing. In other words, he would not take care of anything from now on and would just grow vegetables in the backyard.
The old lady Kang sat in the first seat beside him without saying a word, but squinted her eyes and kept turning the Buddhist beads in her hand. Lu Lanqing glanced at the old lady and saw that she was indifferent. He felt a little discouraged. He knew that his wife was resenting him for what he had done in the past, and he also knew in his heart that he had done something wrong. But until now, he still couldn't figure out why he had that idea at the time. However, the mistake had been made, and it was useless to say more.
After thinking about it, he stood up and said to Lu Lancheng.
"Come on, fourth brother, let's go check out that yard and have the servants help clean it up. We'll live there from now on, and it'll be fun to grow some vegetables when we have nothing to do."
Lu Lancheng was still hesitating whether to follow them when he saw Lu Mingyuan nodded to him. Then he stood up and followed them out. After the two old men left the hall, Lu Minghan looked at the old lady and said.
"Mother, what do you see?"
Kang laughed and waved her hand. "Don't worry, I'm just trying to show him my displeasure. He's your father after all, so how could I possibly do anything to him? It just so happens that your fourth uncle is here with us, so he can prevent him from causing trouble again."
Lu Zifeng and his brothers lowered their heads and said nothing. After their grandmother's words, their grandfather lost all his face in front of his brothers.
Kang looked at his grandchildren and smiled.
"Okay, all of you go down and rest! Especially Feng'er, you were on duty last night and have been busy all morning. Go back and have a good rest! Don't worry, I just sent a letter to the Queen at the palace. You don't need to go on duty tonight. Just rest well at home."
Only then did Lu Zifeng take his two younger brothers back to his own yard.
Lu Chun whispered when he saw Lu Zifeng coming back.
"Prince, next time you go on duty, I'll wait outside the palace gate! That way, if anything happens, I can help! It's not like today, when we didn't know what you were doing and we couldn't help you!"
Lu Zifeng smiled.
"Alright, then when I'm on duty from now on, just wait for me outside."
Three days later, the details of the group of killers were indeed found out, but the person who hired the killers behind the scenes was still not found. However, Lu Zifeng guessed that this person was in the capital, but no one knew who he was.
However, the biggest gain for Lu Zifeng and his team was that they knew the headquarters of Qi Yue Pavilion. Lu Zifeng planned to let Feng Qing take people to raze the place to the ground. Since they dared to accept this task, it was only right that they should be destroyed.
"Feng Qing, are you there?"
"Yes, Master, what's the matter?"
"There's a killer organization in a mountain called Daqing Mountain in the north of Tanzhou. Take your men and destroy it for me. Remember, those people are good at martial arts. Try to minimize our casualties. Go ahead, I'll be waiting for your good news."
"Understood, Master. I will arrange for someone to take them there."
After arranging things, Lu Zifeng rested at home for a few days. After all, the Empress had asked for leave for him, so it would be unfair to not rest for a few more days. So Lu Zifeng basically did not leave the Duke's Mansion for the past few days, and stayed at home with his wife and children.
At this time, a rumor spread in the capital that the emperor had adopted a daughter and canonized her as a princess. When Lu Zifeng heard this rumor, he knew that it must be Miss Lin. However, Lu Zifeng didn't know why the emperor did not recognize her, but canonized Miss Lin as a princess in the name of his adopted daughter.
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